The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper • Book 2 of the Dark is Rising Sequence
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 1968
Word Count 82,143
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 109, 13 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Cornwall (England : County)--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Space and time--Fiction
- Good and evil--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- England
- Cornwall (England: County)
- Fantasy
- Wales--Fiction
- Stanton, Will (Fictitious character)
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- England--Fiction
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Cooper
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Questions from Rise to Reading
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Group Reading Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Book Readings 2

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Alex Jennings
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Susan Cooper
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Vocabulary Resources 1

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Awards & Distinctions 4

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2024
Finalist, 1974

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 1974

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1973
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